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Advantages: Hutson back on form
Disadvantages: None

...plane/beach/at the villa/etcetera. I spotted Hell To Pay in a rack of paperbacks. I decided to give it a go. What did I have to lose? It's free to borrow from the library, so if it's rubbish; c'est la vie. It wasn't rubbish. It was great. A return to form. A return to the good old days of sex and violence, troubled maverick coppers and underlying supernatural terror. Here's a summary of the plot and characters: DI Alan Fielding is investigating ...
...was a nice touch. Hell To Pay retails at £6.99, which is the going rate for a paperback. I got it out of the library for free. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes horror fiction, particularly if you enjoy urban British horror. I also recommend you join your local library. You can find out more about Shaun Hutson and his books at www.shaunhutson.com ... Read review

Advantages: Entertaining with a good twist to the end
Disadvantages: None really

...their opinion were better and Hybrid was one of those so I took the plunge. When I got the book I was a bit worried about the cover as if I had seen this on a bookshelf I would have assumed it was a horror story and left it well alone however the reviewer and the blurb on the back suggested something different so I switched all the lights on in the house (just incase) and started to read. It was only after I finished the book that I noticed it does ...
...the case I would say it is at the mild end of the horror spectrum. The Plot The plot evolves around one single character, a once famous writer Christopher Ward whose career is very much in decline. He leads a solitary life in a rather large house struggling with periods of writers block as he struggles to write his latest novel. Increasingly he seeks to find comfort in alcohol and the occasional sexual encounter with a prostitute other than that ... Read review

Advantages: A book that grips you form the inside
Disadvantages: Do not turn out the lights

Yes......Yes.......Yes.......Yes...... Oh my goodness this man has done it to me again. He just taken me into another world. This man I talk about in unfortunately not my husband, he is the next best thing. Shaun Hutson writer extraodinaire!! From the title to the last quote in the book I felt under a spell. You do not realise that it is a book that you are reading, as some of the things that happen in this story do happen in reality. It all starts ...
...and Graham Brown. Carl is the oldest of the group and Donna idolises him. Donna wil do anything he asks her to do. Graham is the follower of the pack and is dominated by Carl. These three along with others are running riot in the streets of the overcrowded council estate that they all live in. They are commiting burglary, theft, vandolism and car break ins. They are all under the age of 18 so they are terrorising the residents knowing that the ... Read review

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...harmful to the planner.” Necessary Evil is yet another fine book from the pen of Shaun Hutson but I didn’t enjoy it quite as much as his other recent work. Don’t get me wrong, this is still a darn fine book with some excellent and clever twists and some good story telling but I didn’t really warm to the lead character – Matthew Franklin – and therefore found myself not particularly caring about his destiny within the story, the ending is also a ...
...Maybe I’m being a little too critical because I read it straight after reading Huston’s Hybrid which was a staggering book, whatever the reason though I still count Hutson amongst my favourite authors and always look forward to his latest books hitting the shelves. He still manages to get the despair and hurt of his characters across perfectly on the printed page and manages to keep a story flowing well. “Malice is pleasure derived from another's ... Read review

Advantages: Usual horror and gore fest.
Disadvantages: Not as easy to get into as other Hutson novels

The Blurb: Released from a mental hospital where he has spent all his adult life, Harold Pierce is given a job as a hospital porter. But that job involves the disposal of aborted foetuses, something which brings back nightmare memories of Harold's accidental killing of his baby brother years before. A time of trauma and terror has begun, terror heightened by the escape from prison of convicted killer Paul Harvey who, hunted by the police, embarks ...
...about to unleash a terror beyond belief... I've been reading Shaun Hutson books for a while now I still haven't read them all but I intend to. I love his style of writing and his descriptiveness and the humour of some of the situations if wonderful. Some of the plot's are bizarre to say the least but I think that's what appeals to me. Our nutter Pierce has had a hard life his dad's gone his mum's on the game and he's seen things most children shouldn't ... Read review